{"id":41944,"date":"2011-08-16T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T16:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=41944"},"modified":"2011-08-16T12:10:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T16:10:45","slug":"seeing-the-%e2%80%98red%e2%80%99-in-redjet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/seeing-the-%e2%80%98red%e2%80%99-in-redjet\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing the \u2018red\u2019 in REDjet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Just when you thought air travel couldn\u2019t get any worse, it did: more confusion, exploitation, manipulation and the occasional molestation. But wait! What\u2019s that in the sky? A bird? A plane? Well, it is a plane: an old American Airlines plane painted \u201cRED.\u201d<\/p>\n

REDjet is finally here to save us from the nightmarish experience flying has become. Or is it? First there were the TSA personnel who pushed their fingers in toddlers\u2019 pants. Then a woman, in the midst of her pat-down, \u201cgrabbed and twisted\u201d a security agent\u2019s breast. Next, a 95-year-old cancer patient had her \u201cwet and firm\u201d adult diaper forcibly removed. Security is only the beginning of passenger abuse.<\/p>\n

Up until last week, US airlines were pocketing an extra US$28 million daily thanks to a US Congress deadlock. Aviation taxes were not being charged to passengers, so airlines increased their fares by the tax amount, pocketing the difference.<\/p>\n

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